Category Archives: Current Events

Current Event: Wikileaks — a source of private and leaked information

Posted on March 2, 2008 by mgklous

On Februrary 19, 2008, the Wikileaks domain name was shut down as a result of a lawsuit filed by a group of Swiss bankers. Wikileaks is a website where people can confidentially and anonymously post sensitive, often leaked, information.

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Humanoid Robot has future in Japan

Posted on March 2, 2008 by Fabian

Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4714135.stm
http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080301/ap_on_re_as/japan_robot_nation;_ylt=AoX4B6VHVtvql_qBo0RBZj8jtBAF
http://www.stat.go.jp/English/data/handbook/c02cont.htm Continue reading →

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Security Vulnerability in Mac OS X – LoginWindow.app

Posted on March 2, 2008 by robert

A security vulnerability in loginwindow.app on Mac OS X was reported to bugtraq this week. The vulnerability is that the user password is still resident in memory after the system authenticates the user.

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The new sliding door at the CSE building

Posted on March 1, 2008 by felixctc

I want to start a discussion about the new sliding door we just got. I talked to Karl and he explained how the door works. It seems that the sliding door has two sensors, radar and infrared. The radar sensor … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Physical Security | 7 Comments

Facebook storing your information

Posted on February 26, 2008 by mstie74

While this may not be breaking news, it turns out that Facebook has taken just one more step in not respecting their user’s privacy.  According to a semi-recent article in the New York Times, Facebook retains user profile information even after the … Continue reading →

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RIAA investigators unaware of IP spoofing or BGP hijacking?

Posted on February 26, 2008 by gbc3

Slashdot reports that an assistant professor of Delft University Technology in the Netherlands calls a recent investigation by the RIAA, “Borderline Incompetent”. A recent investigation by the RIAA was accusing the defendants of distributing copyright material over Kazaa. In the … Continue reading →

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Pakistan ISPs, Routing, and YouTube

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Tadayoshi Kohno

Here’s a link to the article I mentioned today in class, which is related to the material that we covered on Friday: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/02/pakistan_censorship_order_take.html (from The Washington Post). Here’s a quote from the article: So, what happened? From everything I’ve read … Continue reading →

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DVD Jon’s DoubleTwist

Posted on February 25, 2008 by nekret

Jon Johansen (known for his work in defeating CSS in DVDs) has recently released an application known as DoubleTwist. DoubleTwist is designed to defeat Apple’s FairPlay DRM by playing the track’s in fast forward and capturing the analog signal as … Continue reading →

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Google to Store Patient Health Data

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Trip Volpe

News article here, covered on Slashdot here. Google, with the cooperation of the Cleveland Clinic, is beginning a project to record medical history and other health-related data for patients. The stated goal is to provide patients with a way to … Continue reading →

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ISP caching issue exposes Gmail data

Posted on February 24, 2008 by harsh

Last week, when a Kuwait-based Gmail user tried logging in, he was denied access to his own account, and instead was granted access to over 30 accounts that did not belong to him. He was able to peek into other … Continue reading →

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